Exercise Science

Paul Miller, professor of exercise science and director of the undergraduate research program, has been elected to serve a three-year term as a councilor in the Undergraduate Research Program Director's Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research.

Caroline J. Ketcham, assistant professor of exercise science recently, published a co-authored article, "Identifying leading joint strategies in a bimanual coordination task: Does coordination stability depend on leading joint strategy," in the January 2010 volume of Journal of Motor Behavior.

Fourteen Exercise Science students attended the Southeast American College of Sports Medicine meeting Feb. 11-13 in Greenville, N.C. Exercise Science faculty Barry Beedle, Wally Bixby, Joyce Davis, Eric Hall, Paul Miller and Health and Human Performance faculty member Liz Bailey also attended the conference.

Paul C. Miller, professor of exercise science, and Eric E. Hall, associate professor of exercise science, have published an article, “The Influence of Muscle Action on Heart Rate, RPE, and Affective Responses After Upper-Body Resistance Exercise” in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, Vol. 23(2): 366-372. Elon exercise science alumni Elizabeth A. Chmelo, Jeffrey M. Morrison, Rachel E. DeWitt, and Christine M. Kostura were co-authors on this publication.

Wally Bixby, an associate professor of exercise science, provided insight for a "Myth Buster" column featured on AARP Bulletin Today, a daily updated online news site for the AARP and its 40 million members.